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the washington wizards star is under investigation. he and a teammate are accused of pulling guns in the locker room. richard reeve is live at the verizon center. >> he spoke briefly with reporters after the game, saying essentially he could have used better judgment. the team owners also spoke out tonight. they felt that guns had no work place -- had no place in the workplace environment. filbert arenas had his share of red hot moments against the spurs tonight. after the game, he came close to an apology for bringing guns to the verizon center. >> i could have shows better judgment. >> fans are asking pointed questions. >> why were they in the locker room? >> him as a role model and everything, he h to do better than that. >> the u.s. attorney's office and d.c. police are investigating after the new york post reported that arenas and a teammate drew guns on each other during a recent locker room to speak. >> it is an ongoing investigation. >> arenas and wizards have acknowledged he kept one or more unloaded guns in his locker. it ton
the washington wizards star is under investigation. he and a teammate are accused of pulling guns in the locker room. richard reeve is live at the verizon center. >> he spoke briefly with reporters after the game, saying essentially he could have used better judgment. the team owners also spoke out tonight. they felt that guns had no work place -- had no place in the workplace environment. filbert arenas had his share of red hot moments against the spurs tonight. after the game, he came...
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they even had to shut down the washington monument. well, in san diego, which is the poster child, the city of san diego, for pension abuse, my goodness, they're talking about bulldozing the fire pits at the beach to save a few pennies because of the city's budget crunch. so expect more of those types of examples and that's due to the union power and the excessive spending. i go back to the point. it's a theme in the book. we're creating a two tiered society. and the more power unions have, the less accountability their members have and the more abuse we'll see. and it also -- union power destroys chances at reform. it's very hard to reform our educational system. even noted conservatives such as antonio villaraigosa, the mayor of los angeles has called the education system in los angeles this new civil rights issue of our time and, you know, he's our time. because the dropout rates -- he was -- l.a. officials were arguing over whether the dropout rate is 35% or 50%. and i heard they're both wrong. it might actually be 60%. i mean, can
they even had to shut down the washington monument. well, in san diego, which is the poster child, the city of san diego, for pension abuse, my goodness, they're talking about bulldozing the fire pits at the beach to save a few pennies because of the city's budget crunch. so expect more of those types of examples and that's due to the union power and the excessive spending. i go back to the point. it's a theme in the book. we're creating a two tiered society. and the more power unions have, the...
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they better, they even had to shut down the washington monument. welcome in san diego which is the poster child of the city of san diego for pension abuse, my goodness, they are talking about bulldozing the fire pits at the beach to save a few pennies because of the city's budget crunch. so expect more of those types of examples. and this is due to the union power and the excessive spending. again, i go back to the point that it's a theme throughout the book, we are agreeing a two to tier society. and union power destroys chances of reform that it's very hard to reform our educational system. even noted conservatives such as the mayor of los angeles has called the education system in los angeles this new civil rights issue of our time, and you know, he's right here because the dropout rates, family officials were arguing over whether the dropout rate is 35% or 50% that and i heard they're both wanted it might be 60%. can you imagine that? i flew here on southwest airline. a match in if their failure rate was only 30 percent of the time, right? [lau
they better, they even had to shut down the washington monument. welcome in san diego which is the poster child of the city of san diego for pension abuse, my goodness, they are talking about bulldozing the fire pits at the beach to save a few pennies because of the city's budget crunch. so expect more of those types of examples. and this is due to the union power and the excessive spending. again, i go back to the point that it's a theme throughout the book, we are agreeing a two to tier...
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captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >>> bundle up if you are headed outside, bitter cold grips the washington region. the temperatures are still hovering near freezing. meteorologist steve rudin joins us with a look at the forecast. it is bitterly cold. >> it is very cold. temperatures for the most part just about freezing. things will change overnight, under clear skies, the temperatures will slide. the belfort furniture weather center, 32 arlington at the wjla studios, north northwest wind at 9 m.p.h., alexandria with light wind. with the wind chill factor, that is the story overnight. the temperatures fall into the teens, the wind chill factor in the single digits. in the mountains, wind chill factors below zero. coming up, the extended outlook. better days ahead, warmer temperatures in the forecast. >>> people who have to go outside are bundling up, bracing for the bitter cold. john gonzalez has all the details. >> it is dangerously cold and the d.c. area, not only dealing with frigid temperatures but a dangerous situation on the waterfront. the potomac river is frozen, and it appears to
captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >>> bundle up if you are headed outside, bitter cold grips the washington region. the temperatures are still hovering near freezing. meteorologist steve rudin joins us with a look at the forecast. it is bitterly cold. >> it is very cold. temperatures for the most part just about freezing. things will change overnight, under clear skies, the temperatures will slide. the belfort furniture weather center, 32 arlington at the wjla studios,...
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asia, china's rise to military prominence vexes the region as japan redefines its relationship with washington. and will the world's largest defense program the joint strike fighter stay on track for become the major effort to fall into a self-defeating effort of rising costs and slipping schedules. thanks for joining us in this week in defense news. i'm vago muradian. can you watch this on defense news tv.com. or e-mail me at defense news tv.com. have a great week.
asia, china's rise to military prominence vexes the region as japan redefines its relationship with washington. and will the world's largest defense program the joint strike fighter stay on track for become the major effort to fall into a self-defeating effort of rising costs and slipping schedules. thanks for joining us in this week in defense news. i'm vago muradian. can you watch this on defense news tv.com. or e-mail me at defense news tv.com. have a great week.
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caroline shively has been looking into that from washington. i understand the cia plays a big role in the unmanned drone program. tell us about that. >> sure, gregg. chapman is reportedly where a lot of the manage for unmanned drone strikes are originated, not the execution, not the launch, that's done elsewhere, but the guys at chapman help figure out how to target in afghanistan and across the border in pakistan. now, this attack on chapman proves how dangerous a mission it is for cia agents there, but it's also incredibly complicated. many analysts say the cia is basically orchestrating the war in pakistan, something the pakistani government denies and that the cia wasn't talk about. also important, there was another drone missile strike just today in the waziristan region of pakistan along the afghan border, it killed three suspected militants in a car. it's a second strike there in just two days, gregg. >> caroline, how is the cia's mission different from that of the military? >> well, there's definitely some overlap. cia agents aren't jus
caroline shively has been looking into that from washington. i understand the cia plays a big role in the unmanned drone program. tell us about that. >> sure, gregg. chapman is reportedly where a lot of the manage for unmanned drone strikes are originated, not the execution, not the launch, that's done elsewhere, but the guys at chapman help figure out how to target in afghanistan and across the border in pakistan. now, this attack on chapman proves how dangerous a mission it is for cia...
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>> i got to learn a lot on politics, and how they work inside washington. i learned about issues and concerns that people and the workers and government house. as. >> who have you seen on the stage that is open your own eyes? >> there are a lot of speakers. i would say mr. zerati, the admiral, and also the speakers on health care. they have helped me understand, especially with health care reform, how things work and what they are trying to do with the bill. >> do you belong to a party? >>no. >> why not to? >> i consider myself independent. there are some things i agree with democrats and i agree with republicans. i prefer to be independent. >> joran for the president of the student center? what does that mean and what was your platform? student senate, you ran for president. >> what was a good experience -- that was a good experience. >> what were the issues? >> there are many issues in our school -- to wish him, and other things -- tuition, and other things. i had to work with many organizations to make things work in our community. >> how much is your tu
>> i got to learn a lot on politics, and how they work inside washington. i learned about issues and concerns that people and the workers and government house. as. >> who have you seen on the stage that is open your own eyes? >> there are a lot of speakers. i would say mr. zerati, the admiral, and also the speakers on health care. they have helped me understand, especially with health care reform, how things work and what they are trying to do with the bill. >> do you...
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robert -- mcdowell of the fcc, cecilia kang of "the washington post." >> guest: thanks for having me. >> host: thank you. >> secretary of state hillary clinton recently commemorated the conference on women's health issues. she now talks about the goals reached on a -- these issues will be part of her agenda during a three-nation pacific trip that begins this week to australia, new zealand, and new guinea. from the state department, this is about half an hour. >> thank you all very much. my goodness, thank you. wow, this is a wonderful occasion. several of us were quite nervous when we saw the snow start last night, so i'm delighted the sun is out and shining on all of you here as we gather for this the commemoration of the 15th anniversary of the ground-breaking gathering and agreement in cairo. when i think about that and the thousands of people who were part of it who came together to declare with one voice that reproductive health care is critical to the health of women and that women's health is essential to the prosperity and opportunity of all, to the stability of families and c
robert -- mcdowell of the fcc, cecilia kang of "the washington post." >> guest: thanks for having me. >> host: thank you. >> secretary of state hillary clinton recently commemorated the conference on women's health issues. she now talks about the goals reached on a -- these issues will be part of her agenda during a three-nation pacific trip that begins this week to australia, new zealand, and new guinea. from the state department, this is about half an hour....
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outside of washington, big trouble for the democratic governor of illinois. on january 9, the state house voted to impeach rod blagojevich for abusing his power. including allegedly trying to sell the senate seat vacated by barack obama. ten days later roland burris was sworn in and he admitted trying to raise funds by blagojevich. blagojevich was removed from office january 29. burris says he won't run again. when we come back, the president decides to stimulate the struggling economy and ignite a year-long debate. host: could switching to geico really save you 15% or more on car insurance? host: does charlie daniels play a mean fiddle? ♪ fiddle music charlie:hat's how you do it son. vo: geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. >> bret: welcome back. the president started out february 2009 by announcing that the white house would have direct supervision over the 2010 census. well, republicans immediately said president obama was trying to politicize the census, which among other things determines congressional redistricting. in mid-fe
outside of washington, big trouble for the democratic governor of illinois. on january 9, the state house voted to impeach rod blagojevich for abusing his power. including allegedly trying to sell the senate seat vacated by barack obama. ten days later roland burris was sworn in and he admitted trying to raise funds by blagojevich. blagojevich was removed from office january 29. burris says he won't run again. when we come back, the president decides to stimulate the struggling economy and...
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. >>> the washington capals on top ice, trying to get back on track into the win column. they are in action right now, taking on the los angeles kings. mike green gets the puck on the power play. back of the net, we are tied. we e now in the third, and the teams have add -- the kings have added a goal, so they are winning 2-1. >>> the colonial athletic association is tough. ol dominion, a dangerous team, taking on a george mason. mason extends the lead. the dish, the flesh. mason wins the game. >>> g.w. welcoming howard into the air arena. he knows how to make it count. collins led howard with 17. islicing into the lane, it's a hard way. the colonials turn back howard. >>> with a cloud of uncertainty surrounding their head coach, the florida gators headed into the sugar bowl against no. 4 cincinnati very focuse urban meyer, may be his last game. tim tebow, definitely his last game. florida goes up 30-3. he throws for 482 yards, runs for 51. he sets the pc as bowl record for total offense, 533 yards. >> the most successful senior class in the scc, and considering the stren
. >>> the washington capals on top ice, trying to get back on track into the win column. they are in action right now, taking on the los angeles kings. mike green gets the puck on the power play. back of the net, we are tied. we e now in the third, and the teams have add -- the kings have added a goal, so they are winning 2-1. >>> the colonial athletic association is tough. ol dominion, a dangerous team, taking on a george mason. mason extends the lead. the dish, the flesh....
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right now, to sort of get the in washington look. i have to say so far i agree. it's been fascinating, a lot of funnel. >> what have you learned? >> well, i'd never been to washington before. >> ever? >> no, not ever. so i really -- i had my own opinions about how things were getting done. i still have those opinions but it's been nice to talk to people who live here. >> give us an idea of opinions you had before you got here about this town. >> i didn't mean necessarily about the town but more the people in it. there was a quote that gene alpert said on the first day -- 65 square miles of washington, surrounded by reality. that was my mentality going in but i think it makes a lot more sense now, the world that this is in. >> why? >> this is the center of everything. like -- i have that opinion now and it's not something they understood before. it's not a place that you can come and take in opinions from outside and ignore the fact that this is the place where you have to engage with the system of government as it exists, not necessa
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new style of politics in washington. and the style he has brought has been far more of the backroom, if you will, bribery type of arrangement that we've seen in many, many years. >> greta: why? why has he made those promises about having it open and everybody have a seat at the table for instance? why since you don't think he has kept those promises didn't he or hasn't he? >> i can't guess to his motivation other than the fact has been unsuccessful in his first year. has not been able to accomplish virtually anything. as a result he's pinning all of his hopes on seeing something happen with health care what has occurred of course he's created a monster. this health care bill this being fashioned by the two houses doesn't make any sense and it ought to be jammed and they ought to start over again. but he's got to get some success so he's pushing so hard. he doesn't want people to see how ugly the process is and how bad this bill is. >> greta: in 2006 when were you governor in massachusetts they passed the health care that
new style of politics in washington. and the style he has brought has been far more of the backroom, if you will, bribery type of arrangement that we've seen in many, many years. >> greta: why? why has he made those promises about having it open and everybody have a seat at the table for instance? why since you don't think he has kept those promises didn't he or hasn't he? >> i can't guess to his motivation other than the fact has been unsuccessful in his first year. has not been...
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it's written by june kronhoss, a washington, d.c. base writer who previously worked for the "wall street journal" as a foreign correspondent, as the bureau's bureau chief in boston and deputy bureau chief in washington and as a journal reporter in washington where she covered education issues for a decade. the second paper will be by stacy childress, a lecturer in the general management unit at the harvard business school and co-founder of the public education leadership program at harvard. she study the aunt pra tra newer education in the united states and her paper is entitled "investing in improvement strategy and resource education in public school districts." the third up will be marty west. marty's an assistant professor at the harvard graduate school of education. he also serves as an executive editor of the journal "education next." as deputy director of the program on education policy and governance at harvard university. before joining the harvard faculty, marty taught at brown university, and was a research fellow at the b
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in seattle, washington. so, you know, while you were sleeping there's been a disturbing new development in the suicide attack that killed seven cia workers in afghanistan last month. before the attack, the suspected bomber made a tape detailing his motives. we'll have a live report on that in just a minute. >>> also, terrorism on the minds of people here at home, as well. the suspect in that christmas day bombing attempt aboard a northwest airplane had his day in court yesterday. we've got the details on that appearance. and also where we're going now in this case. >>> and then, of course, there is the sound that no driver ever wants to hear. oh. right there. wrecks like this all across the south thanks to a wicked streak of icy, frigid weather. just part of the damage sweeping the country in this deep freeze and we're going to get more on these temperatures because, listen up, folks, they are still going down. it is not over. we're going to bring you the latest from the weather center coming right up. >>> w
in seattle, washington. so, you know, while you were sleeping there's been a disturbing new development in the suicide attack that killed seven cia workers in afghanistan last month. before the attack, the suspected bomber made a tape detailing his motives. we'll have a live report on that in just a minute. >>> also, terrorism on the minds of people here at home, as well. the suspect in that christmas day bombing attempt aboard a northwest airplane had his day in court yesterday. we've...
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Ñi>> we have the constitutional law professor at washington law school joining us this morning. we showed you the headline, this opinion piece by ross find gold. high court opens the floodgates is the headline. it says that congress should repair the financials and create another one for elections to help ordinary americans. it should also enact a law requiring publicly traded corporations to get the approval of shareholders before spending on political campaigns. your reaction? >> if you were to check the editorial, you would see that this is a victory for free speech and the first amendment. diving into the corporate governance issue, it is true that if congress and states and municipalities want to change the way corporations are governedÑi by state law, that is possible, and they can certainly provide more remedies or rights for minority shareholders who think that this candidate should not be supported, or maybe this candidate should not be supported. at the end of the day, the supreme court rejected that rationale for banning speech, which is really the issue we have here
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in washington at 90.1 fm and done x retial, channel 132. it's also a free application for your iphone. c-span radio, covering washington like no other. >>> the congressional intertek bachus advisory committee held its sixth annual conference this week. one of the topics discussed is the state of the internet. we will hear from representative rick boucher and brian roberts of comcast ceo to lead a discussion on copyright issues and internet privacy. this portion is two hours and 40 minutes. >> good morning, everyone. here we are meeting not in virtual space but in real space. my name is jerry berman and i am the chair perhaps for life of the congressional internet kokesh at eis recommitting. as you know we work with the congressional internet caucus and all of you to try to educate each other and policy makers, some of your policy makers, and the world about the internet, and we started this 13 years ago and the issue at that time to of them, could we get a congressman to connect to email. well that was a tough one. we were going door to doo
in washington at 90.1 fm and done x retial, channel 132. it's also a free application for your iphone. c-span radio, covering washington like no other. >>> the congressional intertek bachus advisory committee held its sixth annual conference this week. one of the topics discussed is the state of the internet. we will hear from representative rick boucher and brian roberts of comcast ceo to lead a discussion on copyright issues and internet privacy. this portion is two hours and 40...
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last hundred years when you had high inflation high unemployment, stagflation, nothing we're doing in washington right now is promoting growth and certainly when you raise tax rates on businesses that dopt get employers to hire workers. >> paul: what could be big negative surprises in 2010 economically. >> what worries me, we're creating a bubble in the stock market and people are putting money in the stock market because of low interest rates. .10% and i think it's an artifical in many moves. >> paul: a correction coming, could this be the peak. >> no, i don't think this is the peak, but i think in this year, in 2010, that the stock market will, you know, the public will grow bigger and then-- >> all right, when we come back from obama's afghan surge to iran's troubled regime, a look at stories sure to make headlines across the globe in the year ahead. o >> from the left opposition to the afghan surge to iran's continued nuclear defiance, a world of troubles awaits the administration as the new year begins. and jason, particularly iran where democratic protests are continuing below the surface
last hundred years when you had high inflation high unemployment, stagflation, nothing we're doing in washington right now is promoting growth and certainly when you raise tax rates on businesses that dopt get employers to hire workers. >> paul: what could be big negative surprises in 2010 economically. >> what worries me, we're creating a bubble in the stock market and people are putting money in the stock market because of low interest rates. .10% and i think it's an artifical in...
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forecast for washington for today looks like this. we are dealing with a couple of different things. number one, a lot of clouds around today. number two, the winds, i think that will be your most significant weather factor because you team that up with the low temperatures or the high temperatures in the low 30s. that will give you wind chills in the 20s. that will feel pretty rough today. winds gusting to 30. again, those flurries here and there during the course of the day. five-day forecast, below normal all week long. thursday night, a chance of snow into friday. we could see some accumulations with that. but there are a left question marks about that storm system. we'll let you know more later in the week. that is a look at what is happening with the weather. back to you now. >> all right. thank you so much, tony. >>> with the new year comes a new year in politics as well and looming on the horizon is health care. we want to get the latest on this right now. happy new year, emily. >> happy new year. >> it seems like the last tim
forecast for washington for today looks like this. we are dealing with a couple of different things. number one, a lot of clouds around today. number two, the winds, i think that will be your most significant weather factor because you team that up with the low temperatures or the high temperatures in the low 30s. that will give you wind chills in the 20s. that will feel pretty rough today. winds gusting to 30. again, those flurries here and there during the course of the day. five-day...
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jefferson college in washington p.a. there's been discussion and overworry and underworry about the media of the president. do you think the president should be this exposed out in the media and in the public or do you feel that people are overreacting? >> i think the media likes to make a story about how overexposed barack obama is. i'm not sure that regular people really care that much about it. if the media hadn't been the ones talking about it so much over the autumn. >> as members of the media, i have to say, i mean, i could see both sides of this, but on your -- the one main point that is the media driving it, i talk to a lot of real people back home oral not just in the beltway, so are saying of time i turn on a tv, obama is on all five sunday shows, then he's on the cooking channel, then he's on espn, talking baseball or whatever, and that's fine. you know, on the other side of it, i will say i think there was a lot of, you know, pundits, overdoing that he was over exposed, because you know, frankly, it's a free
jefferson college in washington p.a. there's been discussion and overworry and underworry about the media of the president. do you think the president should be this exposed out in the media and in the public or do you feel that people are overreacting? >> i think the media likes to make a story about how overexposed barack obama is. i'm not sure that regular people really care that much about it. if the media hadn't been the ones talking about it so much over the autumn. >> as...
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thanks for coming to washington. [applause] >> thank you so much. ... well, i was trained as an anthropologist, as a matter of fact, you might say, i am the very model of a modern anthropologist. ♪ i am the very model of a modern anthropologist, a link quits, andest nighties. ♪ ♪ indeed i know what to do to exercise an evil eye ♪ or shout a rating cry ♪ ♪ when i can slash a jungle to the ground ♪ ♪ you'll say a better anthropologist has never been found ♪ ♪ ♪ i can tell a from castings ♪ . ♪ ♪ ♪ i have excavated pyramid ♪ ♪ palaces and tombs ♪ i'm up on tribal law and economic anthropology ♪ ♪ in fact, when i know what is meant by coolerring ♪ ♪ sociobiology, he knows he's met a man who really knows his anthropology ♪ ♪ if fact when i know what is meant by cooler ring ♪ seto biology, he's met a man that knows his anthropology ♪ thank you very much. [applause] >> now, we're going to talk about mr. darwin. and the image that i had when i was a lad of darwin was this sort of aloof, intellectual, distant f
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now to bob schieffer in washington for a look at what's ahead on face the nation. happy new year, bob. >> schieffer: well, the same to you, charles. we're going to revive an old cbs news tradition today. the holiday correspondents' round table. we're bringing together the washington bureau to talk about all of the news. >> osgood: good idea, bob. i miss that. we'll be watching, of course. ahead now on sunday morning. a year remembered. and i'm here to tell a story. my parents all smoked. my grandparents smoked. i've been a long-time smoker. i'm a guy who had given up quitting. what caused me to be interested was, chantix is not a nicotine product and that intrigued me. the doctor said while you're taking it you can continue to smoke during the first week. (announcer) chantix is proven to reduce the urge to smoke. in studies, 44% of chantix users were quit during weeks 9 to 12 of treatment, compared to 18% on sugar pill. today i see myself as a jolly old man, (laughing) who doesn't have to smoke. (announcer) herb quit smoking with chantix and support. talk to your d
now to bob schieffer in washington for a look at what's ahead on face the nation. happy new year, bob. >> schieffer: well, the same to you, charles. we're going to revive an old cbs news tradition today. the holiday correspondents' round table. we're bringing together the washington bureau to talk about all of the news. >> osgood: good idea, bob. i miss that. we'll be watching, of course. ahead now on sunday morning. a year remembered. and i'm here to tell a story. my parents all...
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washington would go on to win. two days later in d krfrment, 94-91. >> phil: what a shot that was. >> steve: we are tied for the 14th time, 68 apiece. steve buckhantz, phil chenier and our comcast sportsnet crew. that was not an easy shot, is it, phil? 689 no, it's not. he had andray blatche tracking him down but could not get a reach to get a piece that have. had some reverse english on that ball. >> steve: he has made five in a rowand has 19 points. randy foye answers. >> phil: you know, he realizes that brad miller not one of those shot blockers that has this team no. 1. >> steve: tied at 70, 2:07 to play, 10 points for randy foye. blatche guarding miller. rose hesitates, puts it up, knocked out of bounds by foye with four seconds to shoot. good defensive play 689 yeah, like i said, i think this is a good match-up and certainly good for foye, who continues to get better, continues to get more confidence, equally strong and that time gets the block on derrick rose. >> steve: hinrich penetrates, will not count. >>
washington would go on to win. two days later in d krfrment, 94-91. >> phil: what a shot that was. >> steve: we are tied for the 14th time, 68 apiece. steve buckhantz, phil chenier and our comcast sportsnet crew. that was not an easy shot, is it, phil? 689 no, it's not. he had andray blatche tracking him down but could not get a reach to get a piece that have. had some reverse english on that ball. >> steve: he has made five in a rowand has 19 points. randy foye answers....
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and i did because i wanted to make a living in boston and i moved to washington. [laughter] excuse me. and when i went back to my article idea folder either brilliant idea. i would write a little bit about the making of this map and it would come out in 2007 i'm a timed perfectly to coincide with the 500th anniversary of the naming of america. and they barely made it to 2009. [laughter] so what happened? why did it take me longer than expected? the simple answer is i just got in and i thought when i came to the map that i was going to be focusing on the new world and particularly this naming of america. very quickly, as john suggested, i started just seeing more and more in the map in feeling as though there was an opportunity to do a much more comprehensive book that would survey the map as a whole and could be an excuse for doing it kind of geographical and intellectual adventure story, with the map kind of as the backdrop. so what struck me most was that it wasn't just one world that's depicted here. it's actually many worlds. and if you just change your perspe
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welcome to washington, i'm bret baier. the man authorities say tried to blow up an american airliner on christmas day went before a judge today. correspondent steve brown has the story from detroit. in his first court appearance, umar farouk abdulmutallab through his attorney pled not guilty to all six counts in the federal indictment charging him with attempting to detonate a bomb concealed in his underwear aboard northwest flight 253. wearing a white t-shirt and olive pants, the nigerian national spoke softly as he confirmed he was not challenging being held without bond. standing with abdulmutallab, miriam ceiver, one of three public dependers with strong reputations. >> i would describe them as the a-plus team. they are extraordinary lawyers, individually and, and they will be extraordinary defense team as a group. >> bret: although it was thought that abdulmutallab's father would be at the arraignment, he was not. >> let him through. let him through. >> bret: instead, on hand was one person from the nigerian embassies
welcome to washington, i'm bret baier. the man authorities say tried to blow up an american airliner on christmas day went before a judge today. correspondent steve brown has the story from detroit. in his first court appearance, umar farouk abdulmutallab through his attorney pled not guilty to all six counts in the federal indictment charging him with attempting to detonate a bomb concealed in his underwear aboard northwest flight 253. wearing a white t-shirt and olive pants, the nigerian...
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the clerk: washington, d.c, january 19, 2010. to the senate: under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby air.int the honorable benjamin . ca signed: robert c. byrd, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate stands adjourned until 10:00 a.m. january 20, store. >> "washington journal"store. continues. host: peter deshazo is at >> host: peter is the director for the americas program at the center for strategic a this is a headline from monday's "new york times." u.s. role in haiti after the crisis. and it >> host: how do you strike the right balance? >> guest: the right balance is giving enough support to one the haitian people and two the haitian government that they can eventually handle the affairs of their country on their own without being overbearing. it's a difficult challenge. you're standing up basically a country that has started over and over again to try to build the most basic institutions in government. and to build an economy that'
the clerk: washington, d.c, january 19, 2010. to the senate: under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby air.int the honorable benjamin . ca signed: robert c. byrd, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate stands adjourned until 10:00 a.m. january 20, store. >> "washington journal"store. continues. host: peter deshazo is at >> host: peter is the director for the americas program at the...
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washington journal, live at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. >> i'm always concerned about the potential of unforeseen consequences of new regulations. regulation of any kind act as a tax, and when you tax to regulate something, you tend to get less of it. you tend to diminish it. >> republican fcc commissioner robert mcdowell on efforts to create of national broad grand plan. that is at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. >> "american icons" -- three original documentaries from c- span now available on dvd. a unique journey through the iconic homes of the three branches of american government. see the exquisite detail of the supreme court through the eyes of the justices. go beyond the velvet ropes of public tours into those rarely seen spaces of "the white house -- america's most famous home." and explore the history, art, and architecture of "the capitol," one of america's most symbolic structures. "american icons" -- a three- disc dvd set. it is $24.95 plus shipping and handling. order online at c- span.org/store. >> as ne
washington journal, live at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. >> i'm always concerned about the potential of unforeseen consequences of new regulations. regulation of any kind act as a tax, and when you tax to regulate something, you tend to get less of it. you tend to diminish it. >> republican fcc commissioner robert mcdowell on efforts to create of national broad grand plan. that is at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. >> "american icons" -- three original...
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but, it would that be only washington dc. i don't know what happened to the cia, all of these things. i am asking you to be a little patience with haiti, but having said so, i think ambassador noriega said something in his introduction that is fitting. haitians are very resilient i even see a silver lining in what happened on january 12th. on april 30th, 2004 i wrote a column for the now defunct new york sun, and i had one phrase there, a sentence, port-au-prince is a mammoth catastrophe waiting to happen. i made that comment because coming from the air in the american airlines, i was looking at the city, the that i had left 13 years earlier and i saw all of these match boxes over the hills. and, the mountain is the backdrop to port-au-prince mount hospital was disfigured, and i wrote to, unless something is done immediately, big chunks of this city will be gone into the caribbean sea. at the time i did not see an earthquake. haiti, being in the hurricane ali, i saw a major hurricane that would have wiped all of these flimsy
but, it would that be only washington dc. i don't know what happened to the cia, all of these things. i am asking you to be a little patience with haiti, but having said so, i think ambassador noriega said something in his introduction that is fitting. haitians are very resilient i even see a silver lining in what happened on january 12th. on april 30th, 2004 i wrote a column for the now defunct new york sun, and i had one phrase there, a sentence, port-au-prince is a mammoth catastrophe...
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. >>> they're keeping a close eye in washington on all of the christmas terror case developments and there are a number today. yesterday the white house aide said the intelligence community stepped up its efforts after the recent shooting spree at fort hood. but late today, new signs that something went wrong. major garrett continues our team coverage from the white house. what happened? >> reporter: here is the big development. late today the director of national intelligence, dennis blair, announced he was asking john mccadillac ran, was the director of the c.i.a. and president bush's acting director of the c.i.a. to gather a group of individuals in the intelligence community to look at what the intelligence community failed to do in reaction to fort hood on november 5, the massacre there, and the attempted christmas day bombing over the skies of detroit. in his announcement, blair said the following, he wanted this group of experts to undergo a careful examination of the secrets of -- convention of events ling up to both incidents, as well as proposals to remedy potential weak
. >>> they're keeping a close eye in washington on all of the christmas terror case developments and there are a number today. yesterday the white house aide said the intelligence community stepped up its efforts after the recent shooting spree at fort hood. but late today, new signs that something went wrong. major garrett continues our team coverage from the white house. what happened? >> reporter: here is the big development. late today the director of national...
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"washington journal" continues. host: in states as a way to acclimate you on what's happening around the country. those states facing the top five budget deficil9ñ arizona with 2 billion. california at 6.3 billion. illinois five billion. new york almost 3 point 5 billion. scott, scott pattison is the director, good morning. thanks for being with us. these state haves a requirement to balance the budget. caller: that's correct. it's very difficult for them. they're not a national government. states don't have that option. they have to balance like we do in our family budgets. host: we heard from governor schwarzenegger in his statement and governor scott pattison but one of the things coming out of schwarzenegger's budget is expectations that the federal government with it's 12,000,000 overall debt will come to the rescue for states like california. how many states are counting on this? guest: california is asking for well over 6 million in additional funds an" obviously there's a lot of issues associated with that
"washington journal" continues. host: in states as a way to acclimate you on what's happening around the country. those states facing the top five budget deficil9ñ arizona with 2 billion. california at 6.3 billion. illinois five billion. new york almost 3 point 5 billion. scott, scott pattison is the director, good morning. thanks for being with us. these state haves a requirement to balance the budget. caller: that's correct. it's very difficult for them. they're not a national...
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our guest on washington journal was surgeon in greater dr. atul gawande. >> host: we are going to introduce you to our final guest dr. atul gawande who is a surgeon and he is also been inside the debate over public policy on health care for a decade and a half now. he has in the pastored number of books including insurgent know the performance complications a surgeon's notes on imperfect science in his latest book is called the checklist manifesto how to get things right. we are going to talk to him about that this money. during the clinton years he served as senior health policy adviser during both the campaign and the white house '92 and '93 and you can read him on a fairly regular basis in the new new yorkers so thanks for being here. when did you make the decision in addition to practicing you would also be involved in health care policy? >> guest: it was, i tried to avoid being a doctor for a while. this son of two indian doctors you naturally are going to become a doctor yourself and i wanted to push against my own inevitable path, and
our guest on washington journal was surgeon in greater dr. atul gawande. >> host: we are going to introduce you to our final guest dr. atul gawande who is a surgeon and he is also been inside the debate over public policy on health care for a decade and a half now. he has in the pastored number of books including insurgent know the performance complications a surgeon's notes on imperfect science in his latest book is called the checklist manifesto how to get things right. we are going to...
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joining us from the "washington post," joining us live from washington, good morning. >> good morning. >> talking about the president and what he say hess will do, implementing the new steps to connect the dots. the intelligence community will pursue leads more aggressively. intelligence analysis and integration must improve, has to strengthen the terror watch list, do better keeping dangerous people off planes by doing so, increase the use of bomb detectors, distribute in tell rapidly and widely. is that going to fix the problem? >> it would be a little more comforting if we hadn't heard all these sayings almost exactly the same way a few years ago. it's deja vu all over again. just shows how hard these problems are to fix, the same issues with not connecting dots, not having everything controlled by a single authority in government, all these things were identified before, we tried to fix them, shows bureaucracies alone can't do it, technology can't do it, a very hard problem, you have to keep bearing down. disappointing how little we accomplished in the last eight years. >> let's t
joining us from the "washington post," joining us live from washington, good morning. >> good morning. >> talking about the president and what he say hess will do, implementing the new steps to connect the dots. the intelligence community will pursue leads more aggressively. intelligence analysis and integration must improve, has to strengthen the terror watch list, do better keeping dangerous people off planes by doing so, increase the use of bomb detectors, distribute in...
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from washington journal, this is about 40 minutes. 3:25 on c-span. "washington journal" continues. host: we are talking with anne kornblut, her book, "notes from the cracked ceiling." >> thank you for having me. host: you say that this is a letdown and drove apart mothers and daughters and setback the equality in the political sphere of decades, why? guest: there wasn't a bipartisan women's movement. and if you w'look what happene hillary clinton won a lot of women, and older women. but she split younger women. and when sarah palin was on the republican ticket, she was not able to bring over the democratic women or the independent women. so rather than being a ground swell of a women's movement, i look in the book that it splintered generationally across party lines. and elected officials, some who went for obama and some for clinton. host: when hillary clinton withdrew from the race. >> although we were not able to shatter that ceiling this time, thanks to you it has about 18 million cracks from it. and the light is shining through like never before filling us all with the hope a
from washington journal, this is about 40 minutes. 3:25 on c-span. "washington journal" continues. host: we are talking with anne kornblut, her book, "notes from the cracked ceiling." >> thank you for having me. host: you say that this is a letdown and drove apart mothers and daughters and setback the equality in the political sphere of decades, why? guest: there wasn't a bipartisan women's movement. and if you w'look what happene hillary clinton won a lot of women,...
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[inaudible conversations] >> -- here in washington, d.c. and we are life in the statuary hall which is maybe 20 yards from the house of representatives where president obama just spoke and is just leaving the chamber. this evening from that whole we are going to be talking with members of congress, getting their reaction to what the president had to say this evening. and we are starting off this evening with republican mike castle of delaware who is also the senate candidate, he is a congressman that is running for senate from the state of delaware. congressman castle, overall what were your impressions of the president's speech? what did you specifically agree with? >> first of all, i thought it was a solid speech. secondly, i think he delivers the speech as well as anybody i've ever seen deliver a speech and that is always a tremendous asset for him. i happen to agree with parts of it. i happen to agree with what he sought to do for education. certainly some of his statements about some of the security of the country, the military securit
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and so on the part of the editor and the publisher tft "washington post" it was an -- of "the washington post," it was an extremely important and gutsy decision. because sometimes the evidence was not absolutely there. it seemed to be moving toward a conclusion, but it wasn't there. and then of course if the u.s. government at that time under president nixon asked the attorney general to put out an injunction to stop "the washington post" from publication. which could have been a direct interference with freedom of the press. so the supreme court ruled the right way a week or two later. it all happen very, very swiftly. the impact of the story was enormous. it led to the toppling of the government, to the resignation of a president, two steps ahead of almost certain impeachment. it put the country into a terrible tailspin and i would submit that we're still not out of that. and it ignited in young journalists the belief that they could automatically become a woodward or a burn stein. so on the one hand the excitement into doing investigative reporting is very good. president overexciteme
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your forecast for the washington area for today, plenty of clouds. still windy at times actually few flurries possible. high 32 degrees. that is 11 degrees below normal and as i said, those winds could gust up to 30 miles per hour at times today. five-day forecast, more cold weather on tap. tomorrow, 34. wednesday, 37. thursday, maybe 39. maybe if we're luck you, 40 degrees. there is a chance of snow as a coastal storm will likely develop thursday night into friday. don't know how much snow at this point. frankly, that storm could stay to our south and we could see no snow p there is a 40 to 50 prirt chance of that torrey pines in our area -- we could see no snow. there is a 40 to 50% chance of that in our area. >>> we have the lane open around the capital beltway. no incidents between college park and bethesda. the live shot of 270 out of germantown headed south. the lane are open all the out to the split. we've seen a big change in our traffic pat everyones. the kids are back to school. we've seen a big change -- we've seen a big change in our traf
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host: one view from the "washington post". yemen a state that must be saved. they're problems are many and some are spreading beyond borders. security and stability are deteriorating. population is growing rapidly. the economy is collapsing and there's few good options and things will look worse tomorrow and sustain international attention is needed to lessen the impact. yemen is a weak state with little history of central government control. civil war in the north and growing succession movement in the couth. al qaeda is now reinsurgent. the government doesn't fully control all the territory nor does it have the authority and capacity to add quality deliver social services in many rural areas. organizations like al qaeda seek refuge in these such places. independent line? caller: how are you? yeah, um... i do understand mr. obama does what he can but the idea dub thing amount that the u.s. and gives to yemen on aid is actually just - this is a place where we've known that terrorists have been training. giving them a means and encouraging them. okay. we have t
host: one view from the "washington post". yemen a state that must be saved. they're problems are many and some are spreading beyond borders. security and stability are deteriorating. population is growing rapidly. the economy is collapsing and there's few good options and things will look worse tomorrow and sustain international attention is needed to lessen the impact. yemen is a weak state with little history of central government control. civil war in the north and growing...
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right now, 24 here in washington. 24 in baltimore. dulles airport at 23 degrees. frederick, maryland, 25 there and you out to the west at winchester, we are at 22 this morning. also, wind chills in effect. it feels like it is in the teens across most of the area. here is a look at the satellite- radar. now, couple of things. yeah, there is snow. what precipitation you are seeing in the east, it is cold everywhere. it is snow in western portions of pennsylvania, ohio, central portions of west virginia as well and they had some pretty good snows over the weekend in western maryland and west virginia. hence the school delays out there. for us, before a few clouds building in. we'll see more cloud cover work its way in here latwhat is goin well, take a look. the jet stream is part of the problem. it has sunken far down to the south. that is why it is not just cold and windy here but cold into the southern states as well where they have those concerns about frost and freeze advisories. we are between two systems, high pressure, low pressure, that gives us the win and t
right now, 24 here in washington. 24 in baltimore. dulles airport at 23 degrees. frederick, maryland, 25 there and you out to the west at winchester, we are at 22 this morning. also, wind chills in effect. it feels like it is in the teens across most of the area. here is a look at the satellite- radar. now, couple of things. yeah, there is snow. what precipitation you are seeing in the east, it is cold everywhere. it is snow in western portions of pennsylvania, ohio, central portions of west...
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joining me now live from washington, d.c. is ilan mewy, retail reporter for "the washington post." good morning. >> good morning. >> let's go through a few more items that really jumped a lot. an auns ounce of gold up over 3. "the new york times" went up from 75 cents to $2. slurpee at 7/eleven, 90 cents to $2.12. the cost of raising a newborn to age 18 jumped 76%. we're used to prices going up but why so much for these things? >> i think this list is fascinating. it gives us a lot of perspective over what changed over the past ten years. i think the thing people will remember about this past decade is it was a decade of economic boom and economic bust. that's definitely reflected in some of numbers. if you look at the price of gold, for example, gold spiked tremendously over the past two years, as investigators looked at that as a safe place to store their money while the stock market has been going crazy. we are seeing some of the bigger economic picture reflected in the numbers that are on this list. >> the average cost for wad a wedding, $20,000. that's up about 8% since 1999.
joining me now live from washington, d.c. is ilan mewy, retail reporter for "the washington post." good morning. >> good morning. >> let's go through a few more items that really jumped a lot. an auns ounce of gold up over 3. "the new york times" went up from 75 cents to $2. slurpee at 7/eleven, 90 cents to $2.12. the cost of raising a newborn to age 18 jumped 76%. we're used to prices going up but why so much for these things? >> i think this list is...
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randle scores 39 on thursday at washington state, and jerome with only 5 against washington. and isaiah thomas. bryan-amaning, got it. >> marques: when you've got isaiah thomas that you can stick on jeremy greene, you can stick him tonight on jerome randle, now your best defensive player, justin holiday, you can play him against landry fields and theo robertson and allow him to just shut down that real crucial kind of a guy who's off the basketball. >> steve: washington with an 84-63 lead. 1:30 remaining in this game. as cal will fall to 11-6 and 3-2. washington will up their record to 12-5. back to .500 at 3-3. here's our man. brendan sherrer. he came in about this mark in the stanford game. got a rebound but did not score. >> marques: got to be greedy. get a shot up. his teammates have to help him out and look for him. he's got to make himself available because he's going to bury himself under the basket against max zhang, and it's not going to happen for him. he's just trying to be the team guy. he's not thinking about shooting. >> steve: trying to get it to him. scott sug
randle scores 39 on thursday at washington state, and jerome with only 5 against washington. and isaiah thomas. bryan-amaning, got it. >> marques: when you've got isaiah thomas that you can stick on jeremy greene, you can stick him tonight on jerome randle, now your best defensive player, justin holiday, you can play him against landry fields and theo robertson and allow him to just shut down that real crucial kind of a guy who's off the basketball. >> steve: washington with an...
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the most important order was given in washington and harry s. truman after the blockade began met with the joint chiefs of staff headed by a legend, omar bradley, the cabinet led by a military legend, general george marshall. his cabinet and the new national security council about how to respond. the vote today unanimously that we should leave berlin that there was no way that we could feed the city or do not and when that finished robert lovett who was the assistant secretary of state said mr. president of the russians need over from berlin shoes and harry truman said we stay in berlin, period and he said have you really thought about this, mr. president? and truman got up and walked out of the room and it was truman's determination along with clay's on the other end and then the competence and the bravery of these young men but when one of the most unlikely, it wasn't a battle but the situation in the biggest and humanitarian history. >> i think one of the things that's striking ac said the cabinet of these very prestigious military men, brad
the most important order was given in washington and harry s. truman after the blockade began met with the joint chiefs of staff headed by a legend, omar bradley, the cabinet led by a military legend, general george marshall. his cabinet and the new national security council about how to respond. the vote today unanimously that we should leave berlin that there was no way that we could feed the city or do not and when that finished robert lovett who was the assistant secretary of state said mr....
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i'm joined in washington by msnbc analyst pat buchanan and democratic strategist peter fenn. okay. i want you to put on your political hat, pat buchanan. pretend you're president of the united states. you're going into the situation room. where are you pointing the finger? what question are you asking? >> i don't know you point the finger but the questions you ask are what peter and i were talking about in the last segment, in go down the list of things this fella, he gets on board. he doesn't have any luggage. he's paying in cash. there are reports he was in yemen. there are cia reports. he's -- he's got no visa to just say -- would i ask him, look, here's all of the information. why did this not come up on some computer to at least give this guy a second look before he got on any airliner? as the president i think said this morning, there was human failure and there was system failure. so i think i would start around -- start with that particular question and go around the table. >> and if you go around the table, peter, and it's clear that somebody dropped the ball on this, does
i'm joined in washington by msnbc analyst pat buchanan and democratic strategist peter fenn. okay. i want you to put on your political hat, pat buchanan. pretend you're president of the united states. you're going into the situation room. where are you pointing the finger? what question are you asking? >> i don't know you point the finger but the questions you ask are what peter and i were talking about in the last segment, in go down the list of things this fella, he gets on board. he...
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my name is andy, law student at washington university here in town. how does merger like comcast play into this? you could have a situation where they are judged during the execution and also accused at the same type. what are the problems of something like that causes? and how do you address those? >> certainly from my perspective, it raises our anxiety. i'm not saying that comcast is going to go start kind of mixing into different businesses and all. but it raises the concern. so, i mean, i'm not sure how one can respond to your question other than to say, you know, that that's an additional concern. >> and i would add only it's not the first time that kind of thing has happened, having worked at aol/time warner after the merger. how do you deal with business? >> which raises the question about merger? >> that's also -- there's some assumptions about what the state of broadband competition. because if you have an infinite broadband users that one is going to criminate against me because they have this sense, i'll choose another broadband provider. o
my name is andy, law student at washington university here in town. how does merger like comcast play into this? you could have a situation where they are judged during the execution and also accused at the same type. what are the problems of something like that causes? and how do you address those? >> certainly from my perspective, it raises our anxiety. i'm not saying that comcast is going to go start kind of mixing into different businesses and all. but it raises the concern. so, i...
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>> julie: molly henneberg in washington, thank you very much. as the u.s. renews the counterterrorism effort in yemen, the failed attack put a spotlight on umar farouk abdulmutallab's homeland of nigeria. it's a country not generally associated with extremism and even the suspect's own father reported his son's suspicious activity to the united states. so what led umar farouk abdulmutallab to radical islam? contact and reaction from nigeria coming uppen up on thex report." we're looking into security lapse at one of the busiest airports. this oversight coming days before the failed plot to take down delta flight 253. the tsa launching an internal investigation after a security check point at dallas/ft. worth international airport was left unattended for an hour-and-a-half. we understand employees from the airport department of public safety were actually the ones who find the unsecured area during routine patrol. now the tsa is responding to the incident. laura ingle joins us to explain. >> hi, julie. the idea that anyone or anything could have passed throu
>> julie: molly henneberg in washington, thank you very much. as the u.s. renews the counterterrorism effort in yemen, the failed attack put a spotlight on umar farouk abdulmutallab's homeland of nigeria. it's a country not generally associated with extremism and even the suspect's own father reported his son's suspicious activity to the united states. so what led umar farouk abdulmutallab to radical islam? contact and reaction from nigeria coming uppen up on thex report." we're...